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CVE-2014-5260
The (1) mkxmltype and (2) mkdtskel scripts in XML-DT before 0.64 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a…
- 6.3MediumCVSS base score
- 0.35%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 71% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The (1) mkxmltype and (2) mkdtskel scripts in XML-DT before 0.64 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/_xml_##### temporary file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By debian
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.3 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- https://metacpan.org/source/AMBS/XML-DT-0.66/Changes (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/756566 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://metacpan.org/diff/file?target=AMBS/XML-DT-0.64/&source=AMBS/XML-DT-0.63/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140815 Re: CVE Request: XML-DT: Insecure use of temporary files (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-5153 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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